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Anything that brain of yours can think of can be found
Funny that you mentioned ff6, it's regretably the only other FF I've really put time into. (I haven't even finished it yet but I'll have to another day) But even then catching the references to ff6 in FFXIV really was a cool experience
I started playing in the beginning in this year, but I have been aware of the game for a while. Because of the Ost that I've heard from the game(Ultima, Under the weight, Rise, eScape) . Tried the trial a year ago when I saw the trailer for Endwalker and it caught my eye but I didn't get far into it. Decided to commit to the game this year and now It has become one of my favourite game I've played in years.